One of the 298 victims of Thursday's passenger plane crash in Ukraine was a Dutch student at a US college.

Indiana University has paid tribute to Karlijn Keijzer, 25, a doctoral student in its chemistry department.

Ms Keijzer also passed a master's degree at the university and was a member of the women's rowing team in 2011.

There was only one American citizen on the Malaysia Airlines flight, President Obama said on Friday, despite an initial claim by a Ukrainian government aide that 23 US citizens were among the victims.

Image:Ms Keijzer was said to have loved living in Indiana

Ms Keijzer's Facebook page said she lived in Bloomington, Indiana, and was from Almelo, in the Netherlands.

Indiana University President Michael McRobbie said in a statement: "Karlijn was an outstanding student and a talented athlete, and her passing is a loss to the campus and the university.

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"Our hearts also go out to the families of all the victims of this senseless act."

The Amsterdam student rowing club Skoll said on its website that Keijzer died with another rower from the club, Laurens van der Graaff, on their way to a vacation together.

Indiana's head rowing coach, Steve Peterson, said. "She was a phenomenal student and loved IU so much that she stayed here after she earned her master's degree. Our condolences go out to her family and friends in this very tough time."

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Among the 283 passengers and 15 Malaysia Airlines cabin crew on board were 189 Dutch nationals, 44 Malaysians, 27 Australians, 12 Indonesians, 10 Britons, four Germans, four Belgians, three Filipinos, one Canadian, one New Zealander, one person from Hong Kong and an Irish national.